Hand traveling bag



Oct. 14, 1941,. DEWHT E 'ETAL ,.2,25s,942'

HAND TRAVELING BAG Filed Jan. 13, 1941 any/a E. War/re; Jay/v MMISd/V,

Patented Oct. 14, 1941 HAND TRAVELING BAG David E. White, Cleveland,Ohio, and John M.

Mason, Washington, D. 0.; said Mason assignor to said White ApplicationJanuary 13, 1941, Serial No. 374,288 4 Claims. '(Cl. 19052) Thisinvention relates to hand traveling bags but may be useful with othertypes of containers, such as physicians bags, trunks, tool kits andreceptacles employing hookless fasteners of the sliding or zipper type.

An object of the invention is to provide such a receptacle with a draweradjacent the bottom portion thereof by which at least a portion.

of the articles in the receptacle are readily accessible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle, such as ahand traveling bag, which has a slide fastener employing two slidestrips, one mounted on the drawer and the other on the receptacle, tothereby reduce the number of parts.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of theclass described which utilizes the slide or slides of the slidefastener, as drawer pulls in one of their positions.

Other objects will appear hereinafter throughout the specification.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a traveling bag provided with thisinvention, the parts being in closed position;

Figure 2 is a similar View with the parts in open position, and

Figure 3 is a detail view of a modified form of the invention.

It is to be understood that the term traveling bag in the specificationand claims includes all types of receptacles for containing articles towhich ready access is desired.

The numeral I is a traveling bag, and in the present instance isprovided with a closing top 2, handle 3, and ends 4 and 5.

The bag is provided with an opening 6 for the reception of a drawer Ihaving a front 8, sides 9, a back I0, and a bottom II.

Extending substantially entirely around the opening 6 is a fastenerstrip I2 which is discontinuous at I3 at the top center portion thereofAnother fastener strip I4, preferably extends entirely around the edgesof the front 8 of the drawer.

We have shown two slide fasteners I and I6, but it will be readilyappreciated that only a single slide fastener may be used in place ofthe two shown. These fasteners are of the usual type now commonly usedon bags of various kinds and include elements that ride on, or zipptogether or unzipp, the two fastener strips I2 and I4, but when theyride off the bag are no longer attached to the bag. The slide or slidefasteners I5 and I6 are then in their unfastened position. It is in thisposition as shown in Figure 2, that these slide fasteners I5 and I6 maybe used as a draw pull for opening and closing the drawer I. Thesefasteners therefore perform a double function due to the fact that oneof the fastener strips is on the traveling bag and the other is on thedrawer edge; i. e., they form a fastener means for holding the drawer inits tightly closed position, and for unfastening said drawer, and theyprovide a drawer pull for opening and closing the drawer.

It is to be understood that although we show a single drawer, on oneside of the traveling bag, it is within the scope of thisinvention toprovide several of such drawers, and these may be located on one or onboth sides, and/or on the ends of the bag. Several drawers also may beprovided on the same side of the bag. The opening I3 may be located onthe bottom run of the slide strip I2 adjacent the lower edge of the bag,or on one or both of the vertical runs of said slide strip.

In Figure 3 the bag 25 is provided with a drawer I'I similar to thatshown in Figure 2. The fastener strip of the bag opening is indicated atI8. The fastener strip I9 extends around the outside front edges of thedrawer I1. The usual slides 20 and 2| are provided. As shown in thisfigure, however, the drawer slide strip has adjacent its central upperportion the curved portions shown at 22 and 23, so that when the slidesare moved to their unzipped position, the slides move off of the bagslide strips I8 and into a middle position on the front face of thedrawer, as shown. Between the curved portions 22 and 23 is atongue-shaped portion 24. In the event the front drawer face is providedwith a stiffening member, and a separate facing, not shown, the tongue24 may be either the stiffening member or the drawer face covering.

The term traveling bag in the claims includes other types of containers,such as physicians bags, trunks, tool kits and other receptacles.

The specification and drawing illustrate several embodiments of ourinvention, but we desire to be limited only to the extent set forth inthe claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a traveling bag, an opening in the wall of the said bag, a slidefastener strip extending around the edges of said opening, the ends ofthe fastener strip at I3 when being unz pped y strip being spaced apartat one side edge of the opening, a drawer supported in said bag with thedrawer front fitting in said opening and closing said opening when inclosed position. a slide fastener strip attached to the peripheral edgesof said drawer front, and a slide constructed and arranged to slide onboth of said fastener strips to secure said drawer in said opening inthe closed position of said drawer, said slide serving in its unfastenedposition as a drawer pull.

2. In a traveling bag, an opening in the wall of said bag, a, slidefastener strip extending around the edges of said opening, the end ofthe strip being spaced apart at one side edge of the.

opening, a drawer supported in said bag with the drawer front fitting insaid opening and closing said opening when in closed position, a slidefastener strip attached to the peripheral edges of said drawer front,and a slide constructed and arranged to slide on both of said fastenerstrips to secure said drawer in said opening in the closed position ofsaid drawer, said slide serving in its unfastened position as a drawerpull, said drawer front slide fastener strip having a curved portionterminating adjacent the medial center of said drawer.

3. In a traveling bag, an opening in the wall of said bag, a slidefastener strip extending around the edges of said opening, the ends ofthe strip being spaced apart at one side edge of the opening, a drawersupported in said bag with the drawer front fitting in said opening andclosing said opening when in closed position, a slide fastener stripattached to the peripheral edges of said drawer front, and a pluralityof slides, each constructed to slide on both of said fastener strips tosecure said drawer in said opening in the closed position of saiddrawer, said slides in their unfastened position being unconnected withthe said bag slide fastener strip and located be tween the spaced-apartends of the strip.

4:. In a traveling bag, an opening in the wall of said bag, a slidefastener strip extending around the edges of said opening, the ends ofthe strip being spaced apart at one side edge of the opening, a drawersupported in said bag with the drawer front fitting in said opening andclosing said opening when in closed position, a slide fastener stripattached to the peripheral edges of said drawer front, and a pluralityof slides, each constructed to slide on both of said fastener strips tosecure said drawer in said opening in the closed position of saiddrawer, said slides in their unfastened position being unconnected withthe said bag slide fastener strip and located be tween the spaced-apartends of the strip, the said spaced-apart ends of the bag attached stripbeing located at the central top edge of the bag opening.

DAVID E. WHITE.

JOHN M. MASON.

